Razor-guard.



A. DE PADRO.

RAZOR GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16, 1910.

Patented Oct. 17, 1911.

g www ANTHONY DE PADRO, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAZOR-GUARD.

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Application filed July 16, 1910.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, 1911.

SeriaI No. 572,247.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, ANTHONY DE PADRO, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Razor-Guards, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in guards used in conjunction withordinary razors for preventing accidental cutting of the skin while therazor is being used; and my objects, generally stated, are to provide anovel construction of guard for the purpose stated which willeffectually serve to prevent cutting of the skin in shaving all parts ofthe face and neck, may be readily applied to a razor for shaving eitherwith the right or left hand, be simple of construction and economical ofmanufacture, and be adjustable for shaving as closely as desired.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the preferred form of my invention,the guard being shown as applied to a razor. Fig. 2 is a sectional viewof the razor and guard of Fig. 1 showing it in one of the positions itassumes when in use, the curved dotted line representing the contour ofthe face to be shaved, the section being taken at the line 2 on Fig. land viewed in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 3 is a brokenperspective view of the guard with the guard-bar removed. Fig. 4 is aview like that of Fig. 1 with the guard-bar removed; and Fig. 5, aperspective view of the bar which cooperates with the guard of Fig. 4.

My improved guard, in its preferred form, is represented at 6 and isformed preferably of sheet-metal bent to afford a longitudinallyextending socket-portion 7 and a lateral extension 8, which is ofgeneral concavo-convex shape in cross-section as represented mostclearly in Fig. 2. The extension 8 is cut away at its free edgeintermediate its ends as represented at 9 to afford the separatedend-sections 10, the free edges of which latter are preferably curled asrepresented at 11. The ends of the socketportion 7 of the guard are eachprovided on a free edge thereof with straps 12 which are bent into loopsas represented and preferably interlock with the socket-portion 7 asrepresented in Fig. 1, the socket-portion be ing slitted as representedat 13 for this purpose. and preferably non-integral therewith is a bar 11, this bar in its preferred form being of U-shape in cross-section andfitting upon the outer free ends of the sections 10 as rep- Cooperatingwith the extension 8 resented in Fig. 1. The bar 1 1 is adapted l to bepositioned on the extension 8 as described by sliding it longitudinallyover the ends of the sections 10.

When the guard is to be used, the blade 15 of the razor represented at16 is inserted into one end of the socket-portion 7 and through thestraps 12 to position the guard on the razor as represented in Fig. 1,in which position the point of the razor lies within one of the straps.For shaving, the razor with the guard mounted thereon as described, isapplied to the face as illustrated in Fig. 2, namely with the bar, whichforms a guard, and an edge of the blade 15,

by which a person cuts himself, from touching the skin, this feature ofmy guard being of especial value when the razor is used about the noseand ears as it positively prevents cutting of the skin. For shaving theupper lip upwardly to shave the hairs close to the nose, the bar 14:should be removed in order that the razor-edge may be brought close upto the nose, the edge 18 of the extension 8 operating to prevent therazoredge from cutting the nose, and the edges of the sections 10guarding against cutting of the skin by the razor.

A razor constructed in accordance with my invention may be used withoutthe aid of a mirror, as there is no danger of the point of the razorcutting the ears or the nose, or any part of the razor penetrating theskin. Furthermore, there is no danger of pimples resulting from shavingwith my improved guard as it prevents shaving close enough to producepimples.

It will be noted that the guard-edge of my improved device is connectedwith the socketportion 7 by a loop-extension which permits theguard-edge to be bent toward or away from the plane in which therazor-edge lies to permit of as close shaving as desired. Furthermore,the razor-blade may be inserted into the socket-portion of the guardfrom either end, and thus permit of shaving with either the right orleft hand, two of the straps 12 being provided so that the point of therazor will be covered when the guard is positioned on the razor foreither right or left hand shaving.

In shaving about the ears it is desirable that the edge of the razor beexposed to view, in order that the hair near the ears be cut straight.The provision of the opening 9 in the guard readily permits the user toaccurately position the razor-edge against the face for the purpose juststated.

WVhile I have shown a separate bar 14: forming the guard-edge, it willbe readily understood that so far as certain features of my inventionare concerned, the guard-edge may be integral with the extension 8without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A razor-guard comprising a blade-receiving socket cut away on itsfront side intermediate its ends to a depth below the edge of the blade,and having end strips encircling the ends of the blade, and areverselybent looped extension extending from said blade-receivingportion and provided with a guard-edge extending in advance of the edgeof the blade.

2. A razor-guard comprising a section adapted to be connected with theblade of a razor, a reversely-bent looped section extending from saidfirst section and cut away intermediate its ends to provide an openingopposite the cutting edge of the razor blade for exposing the latter toview when in shaving position, and a guard-edge bridging said openingand extending in advance of the cutting edge of the razor blade.

3. A razor-guard for the purpose set forth, formed of a section adaptedto be connected with a razor, and a section connected with said firstnamed section cut away intermediate its ends to form spaced apartguard-receiving end members, a guard carried by said members, the spacebetween said end members being adapted, when the guard member is removedtherefrom, to encircle the nose or other facial organ, whereby the skinclose to such organ may be shaved.

4. Arazor-guard for the purpose set forth, formed of a section adaptedto be connected with a razor, an extension connected with said sectionand formed of two members spaced apart to form a nose-receiving openingand a bar forming a guard removably connected with said members, for thepurpose set forth.

5. Arazor-guard for the purpose set forth, formed of a section adaptedto be connected with the razor, and an extension connected with saidsection and formed with members spaced apart and forming guard-edges forthe razor, with a nose-receiving opening located intermediate saidspaced members an edge of which opening forming a stop, for the purposeset forth.

ANTHONY DE PADRO.

In presence of RALPH SGHAEFER, JOHN WILsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

